Higgins also pushed back on the notion that Democrats and the liberal left engage in their own echo chambers.

“Critics would say that the liberal echo chamber is CNN, MSNBC and mainstream media,” he said. "I would say in response to that, that quite frankly it’s b*******. “At the RNC all we had to do was repeat talking points and it would go on Fox News as is. Democrats don’t do that, the DNC [Democratic National Committee] doesn’t do it.”

He added: “Also, I think an important thing about what differentiates the left and right and the media—the left has no similar echo chamber as evidenced by the lack of a left-wing freedom caucus.”

Even the ex-Republican staffer doesn’t pull a “both sides” because he knows firsthand that it’s not true.